Parody of the new Yogi Bear animated feature film, referencing Andrew Dominik’s film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Boo Boo is packing more than a pick-a-nick basket so don’t let the kids see it…

True Grit, written by Charles Portis, first appeared in 1968 as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post. It was published soon after as a novel and adapted for the screen with John Wayne as U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn. Now Joel and Ethan Coen have turned their considerable talents to it — the remake is due to hit screens this Christmas. Jeff Bridges stars as Rooster Cogburn and he’s joined by newcomer Hailee Steinfeld along with Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.

A brilliant montage of dance scenes from 40 movies. Footloose was one of the very first movies I saw at age 14 (there was no movie theatre in Balclutha). It was on a school trip to Dunedin to the bread factory and I feel deeply in teenage love with Kevin Bacon. (Shame about Swayze and the fags)…

How we laughed. I’m not a huge fan of Sly Stallone, half the time I can’t understand his lines and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone there. That said, he’s relatively articulate in this shit-kicker of an action film about a crack team of mercenaries.

The Expendables — with a name like that it’s as if they’re willing the mission to fail — are played by Stallone, Jason (The Transporter) Statham and a few others including…